Classifying Living Things
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| Greek philosopher who developed the system of classification over 2000 years ago. | Aristotle
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| He started to classify living things starting with two | kingdoms
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| The two kingdoms he started were the | plant and animal kingdoms
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| After that he divided them even more by | where they lived
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| Animals that lived on_ and animals hat lived in_ were in two different groups | land/water
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| The plant kingdoms were separated by_and_ | size and structure
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| People criticized Aristotle. Why? | There were too many exceptions to his rules
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| Examples? | frogs: land and water
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| A Swedish naturalist that created a new way to classify living things | Linnaeus
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| He classified these living things based on their ________, ________, ____, _____, -_____, and ____ | body structures, systems, shapes, sizes, colors, and methods of getting food
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| In his system each organism has two names. This system is called | binomial nomenclature
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| These two names are called the organism's | scientific or Latin name
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| First word:_____ Second word:_____ | Genus/specific name
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| Organisms of the same species can | reproduce successfully
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| VISE/VERSA Just because an animal or plant have the same ______ ____ doesn't mean they have the same __________ ____ | common/scientific name
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| Ex | many robins common name but all differen6 scientific names
Mountain Lion, cougar, Puma, Florida Panther all same scientific names
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| Scientific names serve 4 main purposes: | Help scientists avoid errors in communication
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| 2 | Organisms with similar evolutionary history are grouped together
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| 3 | gives descriptive information about the species
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| 4 | Allow information to be organized and found easily and efficiently
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| Scientist look at ________ ______, similarities in _____ and ____ __________, and _______ and the _______ to fin the organisms phylogony | chemical makeup, genes, body structures, fossils, and embryos
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| domains | Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukaryotes
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| characteristics ex (4) | nucleus or not, ability to move, single or many celled, and ability to make food
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| Dear, King, Philip/David, Came, Over, For, Good, Spaghetti | Domain, Kingdom, Phylum/ Division, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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| To group ideas, information, or objects based on similarities | classify
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| The science of classifying and naming organisms | taxonomy
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| The largest of the taxonomic categories | kingdom
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| A group of organisms that have similar characteristics | genus
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| An organisms evolutionary history. Classification is based on this. | phylogony
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| the largest group in classification | domain
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